Thursday, December 15, 2005

Cancer - general knowledge

Just received this and thought it's good general knowledge to be shared. Unfortunately, not able to give real credit as actual source is unknown.

Important information about cancer prevention:

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion.When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiplenutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic,environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing dietand including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will oftenreduce tumour size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy andradiation do not result in more tumour destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy andradiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hencethe person can succumb to various kinds of infections andcomplications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate andbecome resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also causecancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cellsby not feeding it with the foods it need to multiply.

a Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off oneimportant food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes likeNutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it isharmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey ormolasses but only in very small amounts.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in thegastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milkand substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are beingstarved. Milo, Ovaltine, Horlicks are made with milk and bestavoided.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet isacidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather thanbeef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growthhormones, parasites, etc which are all harmful to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains,seeds, nuts and a little fruits helps put the body into an alkalineenvironment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have caffeine. Green teais a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot ofdigestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomeputrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refrainingfrom or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the proteinwalls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroythe cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence,Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc) to enable thebody's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements(Maitake e.g ) are known to cause cancer cells apoptosis, that is,induce cancer cells to commit suicide.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactiveand positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful andacidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit.Learn to relax, enjoy and trust God for healing.

16 Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment.Exercising daily and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down tothe cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed todestroy cancer cells.

17. Cancer can be reversed with nutrition, supplements and clinicallyproven complementary and alternative therapies.

18. Cancer can be healed by divine intervention of God the Healer.....

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT INFO:1. Sugar is a cancer feeder. Avoid sugar Sugar substitutes likeEqual, Spoonful, NutraSweet are made with Aspartame, a chemical thatis harmful to the body. A better natural alternative is Manuka honeyin small amounts.

3. Green tea has anti-cancer properties. It is a better substitutefor coffee and tea, which have caffeine, bad for people with cancer.

4. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour.Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.

5. Meat like pork, beef, chicken contain livestock antibiotics,growth hormones, parasites, etc., which are all harmful for peoplewith cancer. It is better to eat fish, or eat a little free-rangechicken. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot ofdigestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestinesbecome putrefied and leads to more toxic build-up.

6. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refrainingfrom or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the proteinwalls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroythe cancer cells.

7. Water - best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid knowntoxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic,avoid it.

8. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drinkfresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) andeat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed attemperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

21 comments:

Good post, Happysurfer. Life saving advice. As close friend of mine developed breast cancer and followed a healthful diet with suppliments. She also underwent some chemotherapy (after boosting her system) and surgery. She survived and is free of cancer now. She says the nutitritional approach early on helped the other approaches to work.

No.11e is debatable lah! No coffee? I have read studies elsewhere that begs otherwise.Distilled water is acidic? Didn't know that one.But Great Information nonetheless.

Cancer is a very emotional topic especially when relatives, love ones are inflicted.From my observations over the years, the only people I know or heard of who survived cancer are those that pursued an alternative treatments path rather than conventional cancer treatments which in most cases hasten the demise (and financially burdened those left behind).

Hi Pandabonium, thanks for sharing that info. I think it's also key to have a positive outlook on the whole thing. I know of cancer-stricken folks who couldn't accept the fact and they didn't survive the fight. I also know of people who are really positive and take pains to fight it and they're still around.

I read an interesting article (I have it archived somewhere and will post it when I find it) about the importance of avoiding dairy products to starve cancer cells. The article is actually from a survivor. She has published a book on it too.

Hey Robin, thanks for yr input. 'Not medically true' is rather harsh and debatable I should think. Whose medicine, western or oriental? One good example is 'rice'. For the Chinese, if one has a fever, the advice is to avoid rice but according to the western doctor, the patient can eat anything, rice included.

You are right though about not to believe all the things you read on the Internet. A lot of the things I posted are from well-meaning friends who received them from their well-meaning friends and so on. The wise thing to do is to use discretion and logic. Thanks again. Take note, people.